Author: RestJunction

The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-most populous city in the Midlands, behind Gweru.

The Zimbabwean town of Kariba was built for construction workers on the lake’s dam, while some other settlements such as Binga village and Mlibizi in Zimbabwe and Siavonga and Sinazongwe in Zambia have grown up to house people displaced by the rising waters.

Kadoma (門真市, Kadoma-shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

The city was founded in 1890 by the Pioneer Column, a small military force of the British South Africa Company, and named Fort Salisbury after the UK Prime Minister Lord Salisbury.

Originally an area known to the Ndebele as “The Steep Place” because of the Gweru River’s high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a military outpost established by Leander Starr Jameson.